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Kids Virtual Classroom - Health and P.E.

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Educational Activities & Resources

Asthma Tutorial (www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/pediatrics/patients/Tutorials/Asthma/home.cfm)
If you have asthma or want to learn about it, this is the page for you; it's easy to read, has pictures, sounds and a movie to teach you what happens to the lungs during an asthma attack.
Australian Disability Page (www.vicnet.net.au/health/disability/)
Would you like to know more about someone who is disabled? This site provides information about services and information for disabled people in Australia.
Children With Diabetes - Children's Corner (www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/kids/)
If you or a friend have diabetes try this magazine - you can meet other children with diabetes through it and also read tips for making blood tests and shots easier.
Colgate Kid's World (kids-world.colgatepalmolive.com/)
Enter the No-Cavities Club House by typing in the password. Once inside you can ask the Tooth Wizard a question, join the No Cavities club for activities, read a Story-Colouring Book and Tour the World around the Internet. You can play shockwave games searching for healthy snacks. You can even get special messages from the Tooth Fairy if you've lost a tooth!
Dole 5 A Day (www.dole5aday.com/)
Try the Fun Stuff page where you can play a 5 A Day game - you'll need shockwave to do this. Meet the fruit and vegetable characters, read a Barney Broccoli story, and try fun recipes.
Florida Children's Safety Center (myfloridalegal.com/kids/kids.html)
Tips for staying safe. Topics include accidents, animals, bicycling, bullies, emergencies, drugs and alcohol, fights, fire, and many more.
Heart Foundation (www.heartfoundation.com.au/)
Heart and blood vessel disease is the leading cause of death in Australia, claiming a life every ten minutes. You can find information about this here.
The International Food Information Council (www.ific.org)
At this site you can find food safety and nutrition information
KidsHealth.org - Kids' Section (kidshealth.org/kid/)
Here you can play games, watch animation's, read interesting articles and answers to kids' questions all about health issues. Topics include nutrition, bug bites, how the ear works, what causes hiccups, medical words and more.
Kids Lightning Safety (www.kidslightning.info/)
Sabrina tells you all about here experience of being struck by lighting and helps you learn all about lighting and its dangers.
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Australia (www.mda.org.au/)
A terrific site with an enormous amount of information about all forms of Muscular Dystrophy.
Neuroscience for Kids (faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html)
The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads...the BRAIN!! This home page has been created for elementary and secondary school students to find out more about the brain and the spinal chord. You can try the experiments here or follow the illustrations and easy to follow instructions.
Sports, Sports & More Sports
Everything you could possible want on a whole range of sports. Many links here.
Safe Eyes Quiz for Kids and Parents from Prevent Blindness America (www.optima-hyper.com/kidsafe.htm)
Here you can learn interesting facts about eyes and test your eye safety knowledge in a quiz. You can also colour pictures related to each quiz question.
Visible Human Project (www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html)
Slides of the human body up close!
Virtual Food - Mail a Meal Gourmet Postcards (www.mailameal.com/)
Interested in sending a virtual pizza to your friend's house.. all sorts of virtual food can be found here.